Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.
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Therefore Yahweh burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.
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Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
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Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against His people, and He abhorred His inheritance.
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Passages linked to Psalms 106:40 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 2:14 Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.
- Deuteronomy 9:29 Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.”
- Deuteronomy 32:19 Yahweh saw and abhorred, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
- Judges 2:20 Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel; and he said, “Because this nation transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not listened to my voice,
- Judges 3:8 Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan Rishathaim eight years.
- Leviticus 20:23 You shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
- Nehemiah 9:27-38 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hands of their adversaries. But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore you left them in the hands of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies, and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they were arrogant, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear. Yet many years you put up with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they would not listen. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. “Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God. Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, don’t let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, on our priests, on our prophets, on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day. However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly. Also our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them. For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them. They didn’t turn from their wicked works. “Behold, we are servants today, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, behold, we are servants in it. It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. Also they have power over our bodies and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”
- Psalms 74:1 God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
- Lamentations 2:7 The Lord has cast off his altar. He has abhorred his sanctuary. He has given the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in Yahweh’s house, as in the day of a solemn assembly.
- Zechariah 11:8 I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
- Psalms 78:59-62 When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel, so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men, and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand. He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 40. And the wrath of Jehovah waxed hot. The…
40. And the wrath of Jehovah waxed hot. The severity of the punishment inflicted upon the people confirms the truth of what we formerly said, that they had been guilty of no trivial offense, in presuming to corrupt the worship of God. And they themselves showed how hopeless their reformation was, in that all this as yet failed to bring them truly to repent of their sin. That the people, who were God’s sacred and chosen heritage, were delivered up to the abominations of the heathen, who themselves were the slaves of the devil, was an awful manifestation of his vindictive wrath. Then, at least, ought they to have held in abhorrence their own wickedness, by which they had been precipitated into such direful calamities. In saying, that they were subdued and afflicted by their enemies, the prophet points out, in a still more astonishing manner, the baseness of their conduct. Reduced to a state of bondage and oppression, their folly appears the more disgraceful, in that they were not truly and heartily humbled under God’s almighty hand. For prior to this, they had been warned by Moses, that they had not casually fallen into that bondage so galling to them, neither had it happened by the valor of their enemies, but because they were given over, and, as it were, sold to it by God himself. That those who had refused to bear his yoke, should be delivered up to tyrants to harass and oppress them, and that those who would not endure to be ruled by God’s paternal sway, should be subdued by their enemies, to be trodden under their feet, is a striking example of God’s retributive justice.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 106:40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD…
Psa 106:40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
Ver. 40. Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled] Sin doth as naturally draw and suck judgments to it as the loadstone doth iron, or turpentine fire.
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Insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance] This was the greatest of all miseries, and a piece of hell.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he gave them into the hand of the…
And he gave them into the hand of the Heathen,.... In the times of the judges; as into the hands of the Mesopotamians, Moabites, Canaanites, Midianites, and Philistines, to whom they became tributaries; see the book of Judges.
And they that hated them ruled over them; as it was threatened and foretold they should, in case they did not observe the law of God, Lev 26:17.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 40. Therefore was the wrath of the Lord…
Verse 40. Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled] God kindled a fire in his judgments for those who by their flagitious conduct had inflamed themselves with their idols, and the impure rites with which they were worshipped.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against…
Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people - Anger is often compared with a fire; as we say now, a man is “inflamed” with passion. See Est 1:12; Lam 2:3; Psa 79:5; Psa 89:46; Jer 4:4; Jdg 2:14. Of course, this must be taken in a manner appropriate to God. It means that his treatment of his offending people was as if he were burning with wrath against them.
Insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance - He was offended with his people; he treated them “as if” they were an abomination to him. He punished them; he cast them off; he left them to the just results of their own conduct. Were ever any writers more candid and honest than the sacred penmen? There is no effort to vindicate the nation; there is no apology offered for them; there is no concealment of their guilt; there is no attempt to soften the statement in regard to the feelings of God toward them. Their conduct was abominable; they deserved the divine displeasure; they were ungrateful, evil, and rebellious; and the sacred writers do not hesitate to admit the truth of this to the fullest extent.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 40. So Jehovah’s anger was kindled against Israel, a…
40. So Jehovah’s anger was kindled against Israel, a standing formula in the Book of Judges (Jdg_2:14; Jdg_2:20, &c.; cp. Deu_7:4; &c.), and he abhorred his inheritance.
40–46. The alternations of chastisement, pardon, restoration, and relapse in the course of Israel’s history. As in Neh_9:26 ff., the primary reference is to the period of the judges; but doubtless the verses are intended to be a summary survey of the characteristics of the whole course of Israel’s history, leading up to the prayer for restoration in Psa_106:47.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (40-43) Having made review of the sinful past, the…
(40-43) Having made review of the sinful past, the poet briefly but impressively describes the punishment which once and again had fallen on the nation. But as his purpose is to make his generation look on the Captivity as a supreme instance of this punishment, and to seek for deliverance by repentance, he mentions only the judgments inflicted by foreign foes.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against…
Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people. (comp. Psa_78:58, Psa_78:59) Insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. (see Psa_78:62) It justly increased God"s anger that the sinners were his own people, his own inheritance.
HOMILIES BY C. SHORT Vers. 40-46. Man"s misery and God"s compassion.
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"The design of the whole psalm is to awaken the people to a lively consciousness of the truth, that though there is much of sin in us, there is much more of grace in God;" that "where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." Suggests
I GOD LOVES ALL HIS CREATURES, BUT HATES THEIR SINS. (Ver. 40) That is, he makes us feel sensible that he is forever opposed to our evil conduct, and creates in us a terror of the consequences of our sins the punishment they entail.
II PART OF THE PUNISHMENT OF SIN IS THAT WE ARE GIVEN OVER TO ITS TYRANNY. (Ver. 41) Give ourselves over. This is a natural consequence, a Divine law of our constitution, and is a galling and terrible penalty of the habit of transgression. Our passions come thus to rule over us, instead of our ruling over them.
III WHEN WE ATTEMPT TO RESIST THIS TYRANNY, WE FIND THAT OUR SLAVERY IS MORE OPPRESSIVE THAN WE THOUGHT. (Ver. 42). Men often may make some effort to break off from evil ways, but discover that they are under a heavier bondage to their sins than they had supposed. This, too, is a part of the punishment of sin its enfeebling, debilitating influence.
IV MEN WHOM GOD SEEMS TO HAVE DELIVERED FROM THEIR SINS, AFTER A TIME RETURN TO THEIR FORMER INIQUITY. (Ver. 43) They are then brought low, or impoverished, or weakened lower than they were before, because now they begin to lose all hope of recovery. House "swept and garnished" is prepared for the return of sevenfold powers of evil, that rule more absolutely than ever.
V SUCH HELPLESS MISERY EXCITES THE DIVINE COMPASSION. (Ver. 44) "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him." God pities those whom he cannot save because of their unwillingness. "How often would I have gathered thee as a hen doth gather her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
VI GOD DOES NOT REPENT TILL MEN REPENT. (Ver. 45) God does not change his laws to relieve the disobedient from suffering; but when they change from disobedience to obedience, the result is so great that God seems to them to have changed. To row against the current and to row with the current seems like rowing upon a different river. S.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 40. He abhorred his own inheritance. Whenever great…
Ver. 40. He abhorred his own inheritance. Whenever great love sinks into great hate it is termed abhorrence. Lorinus.
Psalms 106:41*
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Psalms 106:42*
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled.
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Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled.
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Four solemn thoughts concerning God
I. Gods abhorrence of mens sins (verse 40). Gods wrath or anger is not a malign passion, but a benevolent principle, antagonism to wrong. Do not blame the sun or the moon because of the shadows they throw upon the earth; rather blame the objects that obstruct their rays. Gods wrath is only the rays of His love obstructed by sin. Remove the obstruction, and all is genial and beaming.
II. Gods dominion over mens minds (verses 41, 42). As the billows of the ocean in furious battle serve the grand cause of nature as well as the placid river in its majestic flow, so does the rage of wicked spirits serve the Almighty plans as truly as the loyal services of the good. His purposes must stand.
III. Gods regard for mens penitence (verses 43, 44; 2Ch_15:4).
IV. Gods forbearance with mens wickedness (verses 45, 46). (Homilist.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 So Yahweh was angry with his people ... he…
So Yahweh was angry with his people ... he despised his own people
"So Yahweh was angry with his people and despised them"
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He gave them into the hand of the nations
Here "hand" refers to power or control. AT: "God allowed the nations to take control of them" (See: Metonymy)
those who hated them
"people who hated them"
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people of God
hand
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 106:40-46 The psalmist returns to the Babylonian exile (106:26-27).…
106:40-46 The psalmist returns to the Babylonian exile (106:26-27). The Lord judged Israel severely, but he also restrained his wrath, remembering the covenant he had made with Abraham.
106:40 God abhorred Israel’s sin, as he does all sin.
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